California - Northern

[Kaylish]

I've been think about writing a n article on how to tube feed, so I'm hoping that you will give me some ideas on what to include. When you have a few free minutes, can you look at this page and tell me how helpful it was? http://www.lafebervet.com/avian-medicine-2/avian-nutrition/tube-feeding/

-Kathy

Since I was asked and I know most of you love your chick pics here you are:

First up is Norma and her two The little black one is getting to be more silvery...super pretty!






Then we have Gracie with their ^^^ hatchmate This is Abel this morning after his first night with the chicks

If you look on the left side of the picture below you can see the yellow and black. that's Abel scooting under his new mama.

Adorable! So glad Abels story has a happy ending. (and to answer you're question from the NYD HAL: nothing frizzled or sexable - 1/4 silkie and 3/4 cochin but they sure are adorable. I'll try and get pictures soon)

Hello, everyone! Hope you all had awesome holidays! Here's my Christmas morning family photo

Yay! I'm getting pullet eggs from my BCMarans that I got from @One Chick Two . It is the egg in the center at the top of the bunch (12 o'clock position).
Clockwise from the dark spotted BCM egg are a UofA blue, my older very mossy BCM, bantam modern game (I think), & my mystery orpington (pink eggs with white spots)

They are very solid, hefty BCM girls with gorgeous, glossy feathers.
I'm not well-versed in the Marans SOP but I do know these are amazing, healthy, strong birds and would make great additions to anyone's laying flock - even culls like mine.

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This is also the one with "whiskers" on her thighs.
They are silvery, hair-thin feathers - very cool.

They are pretty, culls or not.

 

[TheKeeper]

Yesterday one of my Oliver Eggers ended her winter break, then today there's 2 black copper maran pullet eggs. Yay!

One with spots, one without. Happy dance!

 

[ronott1]

My NyD Hatch!

6 BBS Australorps(Blue)





And 15 Trader Joes chicks!

 

[ronott1]

Yesterday one of my Oliver Eggers ended her winter break, then today there's 2 black copper maran pullet eggs. Yay!
One with spots, one without. Happy dance!

Nice eggs!

What is your OE?

 

[TheKeeper]

Nice eggs!

What is your OE?

Thank you! The egg came from an Amelia (cream legbar x penedesena).
Not the one i got from you - she hasn't laid yet.
This layer is from Deanne DaSilva, aka Just Struttin'.

 

[tommysgirl]

Yay! I'm getting pullet eggs from my BCMarans that I got from @One Chick Two . It is the egg in the center at the top of the bunch (12 o'clock position).
Clockwise from the dark spotted BCM egg are a UofA blue, my older very mossy BCM, bantam modern game (I think), & my mystery orpington (pink eggs with white spots)

They are very solid, hefty BCM girls with gorgeous, glossy feathers.
I'm not well-versed in the Marans SOP but I do know these are amazing, healthy, strong birds and would make great additions to anyone's laying flock - even culls like mine.

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This is also the one with "whiskers" on her thighs.
They are silvery, hair-thin feathers - very cool.

I got 2 Marans eggs today for the first time. proof that both of my Birchen Marans girls from @lawatt are laying...they are solid black which is fine but The came from Birchen parents. Their hatchmate a Blue Ibar x Black Marans has been laying wonderful little olive eggs for about a month. Their brothers fed my family....Re the thigh whiskers...lol never heard anyone extolling their virtues before

 

[sol2go]

It actually gives me an opportunity to get the males used to being handled. The difficult part is that once the male has been separated from the bachelor pen, I can't put him back with the group of males or they will fight.
You could mate them in a group flock, then separate. I separate the hens into pens first, then put the male in for breeding. Individual mating helps when there has been fertility problems.

Does anyone have success returning their breeding males back into the bachelor pen? Or into a larger mixed gender group?

I know some have mentioned they have a winter-vacation group of laying hens with more than one rooster. Even if the roosters get along, in my experience the non-dominant roosters just hang around the nesting boxes attacking the hens, which causes complete chaos.

I can separate for breeding pens, but I need somewhere to "house" the roosters most of the year, and wish I could do that in groups, not individually. I was creating what I thought would be permanent groups/breeding pens, but yikes, it didn't take long and I was wishing for more flexible housing options.

 

[tommysgirl]

My NyD Hatch!

6 BBS Australorps(Blue)





And 15 Trader Joes chicks!

WhoooHoooo Geat hatch! May one of your Australorps be a perfect roo and may the remaining be lovely pullets. And may they go forth and propagate from there!

I do love me some white eggs so do keep me in mind if you have need of a new home for one of those lovely CA Whites...

Thank you! The egg came from an Amelia (cream legbar x penedesena).
Not the one i got from you - she hasn't laid yet.
This layer is from Deanne DaSilva, aka Just Struttin'.

I have an Amelia from Deanne. Her name is Willa and she lays JUMBO eggs in a lovely olive green...sometimes blue speckled. She thought I was on the verge of killing her every day for the first 18 mos but now she has mellowed to the pt where she will allow me within a couple of feet w/o freaking out. She was a great co- broody with my Silkie and Sizzle and allowed her babies to be interacted with and tamed. She doesn't like it when it gets real hot and stops laying but I figure that just means that she will lay longer into her life. I hope Deanne keeps breeding them. Next year I will probably want a new one.

 

[ronott1]

WhoooHoooo Geat hatch! May one of your Australorps be a perfect roo and may the remaining be lovely pullets. And may they go forth and propagate from there!

I do love me some white eggs so do keep me in mind if you have need of a new home for one of those lovely CA Whites...

I have an Amelia from Deanne. Her name is Willa and she lays JUMBO eggs in a lovely olive green...sometimes blue speckled. She thought I was on the verge of killing her every day for the first 18 mos but now she has mellowed to the pt where she will allow me within a couple of feet w/o freaking out. She was a great co- broody with my Silkie and Sizzle and allowed her babies to be interacted with and tamed. She doesn't like it when it gets real hot and stops laying but I figure that just means that she will lay longer into her life. I hope Deanne keeps breeding them. Next year I will probably want a new one.

My Amelias will actually squat for me! It is amazing how mellow they get in their dottage.

 

[ronott1]

Thank you! The egg came from an Amelia (cream legbar x penedesena).
Not the one i got from you - she hasn't laid yet.
This layer is from Deanne DaSilva, aka Just Struttin'.

I though the egg looked like an Amelia!

I posted about them on a production thread. They are so small and lay lots of big pretty eggs.